Java has a simple switch statement, based on its historical kinship with C and C++. Switch statements have gotten a bad name, so much so that programmers are encouraged to replace them with ...

JEP 441, Pattern Matching for the switch, is completed in JDK 21, following four previews in JDKs 17-20 (JEPs 406, 420, 427, 433). It finalizes the feature, addressing feedback from previews, and enha ...